Rachael Leigh Cook - Biography

Last Editor: dmacias				Rachael Leigh Cook Biography -   Name : Rachael Leigh Cook Birth Date : October 4, 1979 Birth Place : Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Height : 5' 2 Education : Laurel Springs School Nationality : American Profession : actress Best Known As : The star of the movie She's All That

Rachael Leigh Cook Trivia -

Was a print model for 5 years before becoming an actress. Is a vegetarian. Was a student of the Laurel Springs School, a school for young actors who can't attend a more regular school due to time commitments. Was in a memorable anti-drug commercial where she smashes an egg with a frying pan ("this is your brain on heroin") and proceeds to trash the room with the frying pan ("this is your family, friends, career, etc."). Arguably one of the few effective anti-drug spots ever made. Owns her own production company called Ben's Sister Productions. Attended Minneapolis South High School, the same school as actor Josh Hartnett. Dated "Boy Meets World" (1993) star Rider Strong. Played the younger version of Parker Posey's character in The House of Yes (1997). Posey plays the villain in Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Noisy underground British artist 'Firexit' has created two songs especially for Rachael Leigh Cook. The two songs are called 'This is for Rachael Leigh Cook' and a rare acoustic track called 'Dear Rachael'. In a interview, Gareth Gerrard (aka Firexit) was asked about the songs, he replied "Rachael is everything, I love her very much". Was recommended to the producers of "Dawson's Creek" (1998) by Texas Rangers (2001) co-star James Van Der Beek. She guest starred with him in 3 episodes. In early 2001, she met actor Ryan Reynolds and the two immediately hit it off. However, she had to fly to England shortly after to film Blow Dry (2001). Ryan ended up suprising her, pulling out of his filming schedule and following her all the way to London. It was a success and they ended up dating for a year. Engaged to actor Daniel Gillies. [December 2003] Her mother was a cooking instructor and is currently a weaver. There is a Minneapolis rock and blues band called "Budding Hollywood Starlet" that is named in honor of her and other budding Hollywood starlets. Ranked #26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). She's All That (1999) was the second time she had worked in a film with Freddie Prinze Jr., although in their first project together, The House of Yes (1997), they shared no scenes together. Her mother is of Italian ancestry After reading 'R. Lee Fleming Jr''s script for She's All That (1999) Rachael began to like the storyline more and more, soon after she was asked to play the role of Laney Boggs. She decided to take the lead role. Was considered for the role of Rogue in the X-Men movies but turned the part down due to having work with CGI costumes and effects. The role then went to Anna Paquin, Rachael's fellow co-star from She's All That (1999). Her guitar teachers were Fast Freddie & Phil X. Owns a Sports utility vehicle. Had little interest in modeling by the time she was 15 and tried to focus more on school of which she became fonder. Has two cats at home in Minnesota named Beau and Skippy. Has a toothbrush collection at her parents home in Minneapolis. Did a school senior paper entitled "Politics, Shmolotics, and 10 other reasons I'll never be President". Her dream role is Kate Nolan from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". Her favorite color is black.

Rachael Leigh Cook Detailed Biography -

Rachael was born October 4, 1979, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from high school in Spring 1998. Rachael got her first acting role when she was around seven in a non-speaking part in a public service announcement encouraging adults to become foster parents. Rachael began doing modeling advertisements at the age of ten, and probably her best known for doing spots for Target and Milkbone. She also appeared in a now-famous anti-drug TV spot in which, armed with a frying pan, she bashed her way through a kitchen to show the disastrous effects of heroin. On reaching L.A., Cook bypassed the wannabe stage and nailed her first audition (for the part of a budding entrepreneur in Baby-Sitters Club, The (1995)). She returned to theaters three months later in the Jonathan Taylor Thomas vehicle Tom and Huck (1995), then filled her calendar with appearances in independent and made-for-TV movies. She divided her time between Minneapolis and Tinseltown, shuttling from school events to movie shoots with her mother in tow. Cook's starlet status crystallized in 1999, when she starred opposite Freddie Prinze Jr. in the Pygmalion retelling She's All That (1999). She won acclaim also as Becky Thatcher in Tom and Huck, starring opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas ("Home Improvement"). However before catching the eye of the nation, she was a model for print ads for about four years. Her spots in the Target Stores ad and on the cover of a Milkbone dog biscuit box are probably her best known ones. Rachael has gone on to make 11 movies in just 3 years, including Carpool, Living Out Loud and Strike. Other films that she has done recently include Hi-Line, an independent film, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, a teen drama set in a hospital that also stars Elijah Wood, and The Naked Man, a comedy about sumo wrestling written by Ethan Coen. She signed for a handful of plum follow-up roles, including a troubled adolescent in Sylvester Stallone's Get Carter (2000), a frontier gal in Texas Rangers (2001), and the caterwauling lead in the live-action version of Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Rachael is passionate about art, especially drawing, and she would like to eventually try screen writing and has co-produce an independent film entitled "Tangled". Rachael enjoys reading, writing, tennis, roller blading, and shopping for clothes.